Department of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty & Staff

Dr. John Chai Chairman and Professor Office: Habshan Building, Room 3007 Phone: +971 2 607 5493 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: jchai@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Computational Transport Phenomena, Numerical Methods for Radiation Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows.

Dr. Michael M. Ohadi Professor, Provost and Interim President Office: Habshan Building, Room 5309-A Phone: +971 2 607 5710 Fax: +971 2 607 5210 Email: mohadi@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Advanced Heat Exchangers and Energy Systems, Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Micro Systems and Micro Processes

Dr. Dennis Siginer Distinguished Professor Office: Bu Hasa Building, Room 2107A Phone: +971 2 607 5168 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: dsiginer@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Non-Newtonian Flows; Heat Transfer with Viscoelastic Fluids; Flows in Porous Media; Flows in Microgravity

Dr. Petros G. Voulgaris Visiting ADGAS Chaired Professor Office: Umm Shaif, Room 4015 Phone: 971 2 6075273 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: pvoulgaris@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Hierarchical, Distributed and Multi-agent Control; Robust and Multi-objective Control and Estimation; Applications of Control and Estimation Theory to Communication Systems; Analysis and Synthesis of Time Varying and Adaptive Systems; Applications of Advanced Control Methods to Engineering Systems

Dr. Sai Cheong Fok Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3006 Phone: +971 2 607 5296 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: sfok@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Virtual Prototyping, Machine Learning, Intelligent Systems, Fluid Power Systems, Biomedical Applications

Dr. Mohan D. Rao Visiting Professor Office: Bu Hasa Building, Room 2014 Phone: +971 2 607 5160 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: mrao@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Vibrations, Acoustics, Noise Control and Auditory Engineering; Vibration Damping and Dynamic Characterization of Materials and Structural Joints; Modal Analysis and Sound Quality in Product Design.

Dr. Isoroku "Rocky" Kubo Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3004 Phone: +971 2 607 5561 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: ikubo@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Solar Energy, Power Generation, Cooling

Dr. Jamal Ahmad Associate Professor Office: Bu Hasa Building, Room 2229 Phone: +971 2 607 5338 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: jahmad@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Secondary Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, Characterization and Modeling of Wear, Real Time Tool Condition Monitoring, Conventional and Non-conventional Machining of Metals and Composites, Characterization and Modeling of Metals Behavior under Dynamic Loading

Dr. Lyes Khezzar Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-D Phone: +971 2 607 5543 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: lkhezzar@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Flow in Fluid Handling Facilities, Fluid Sloshing

Dr. Peter Rodgers Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3012 Phone: +971 2 607 5397 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: prodgers@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Waste Heat Utilization, Heat Exchanger Design, Multiphase Flow, Experimental Characterization, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Dr. Abdennour C. Seibi Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3003 Phone: +971 2 607 5454 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: aseibi@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Applied Mechanics, Advanced Materials, and Design

Dr. Clarence Rodrigues Associate Professor Office: Habshan Building, Room 5334 Phone: +971 2 607 5931 Fax: +971 2 607 5194 Email: crodrigues@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Systems Safety, Ergonomics, HSE Management Systems, Teaching and Training Pedagogies, Security

Dr. Sami Ainane Visiting Associate Professor Office: Zarkuh Building, Room 1219 Phone: +971 2 607 5235 Fax: +971 2 607 5194 Email: sainane@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Engineering Education

Dr. Ruichong Zhang Visiting Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3008-B Phone: +971 2 607 5451 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: rzhang@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Continuum Mechanics, Stochastic Processes and Fields, Structural Dynamics and Vibration, Earthquake and Wind Engineering, Advanced Data Processing and Analysis for Sensory Systems, Disaster Assessment and Mitigation, Structural Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring

Dr. Afshin Goharzadeh Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-A Phone: agoharzadeh@pi.ac.ae Phone: +971 2 607 5396 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Thermofluids, Fluid Flow Visualization, Fluid-Porous Media Interactions, Microfluidic Separation Processes

Dr. Valérie Eveloy Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-C Phone: +971 2 607 5533 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: veveloy@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Fuel Cell Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Electronic Equipment Reliability and Thermal Management

Dr. Hamad Karki Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais 3010 B Phone: +971 2 607 5330 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: hkarki@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Field Robots, Mechatronics, Computer Aided Design.

Dr. Ebrahim Al-Hajri Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3008-A Phone: +971 2 607 5450 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: ealhajri@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Advanced Energy Systems, Heating Cooling and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Energy and Environment for oil and gas fields, Micro-reactors

Dr. Ebru Günister Canbaz Research Assistant Professor Office: Bu Hasa 2010 Phone:+971 2 607 5231 Fax:    +971 2 607 5200 Email: egunister@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Advanced polymeric composites and mechanical properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites.

Dr. Islam Md. Didarul Research Assistant Professor Office: Umm Shaif, Room 4011 Phone: +971 2 607 5230 Fax: + 971 2 607 5200 Email: dislam@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Extended surfaces, Micro channel, Heat Exchanger, Flow visualization, Solar Energy & Absorption Refrigeration

Mr. Arman Molki Senior Laboratory Engineer Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3002 Phone: +971 2 607 5289 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: amolki@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Sensors, Instrumentation, Data Acquisition, Computer Aided Design

Mr. Luis Blanco Laboratory Engineer Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3009 Phone: +971 607 5335 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: lblanco@pi.ac.ae Research Interests:Well Integrity Simulation, Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Data Acquisition

Mr. Alan Hardy Laboratory Engineer Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3009 Phone: +971 2 607 5595 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: ahardy@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Manufacturing Processes

Mr. Shrinivas Bojanampati Senior Laboratory Technician Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3029 Phone: +971 2 607 5465 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: sbojanampati@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Rapid Prototyping, Medical Modeling, Haptic Technology, Automation, PIV

Mr. Arnel Flores Lab Technician Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3009 Phone: +971 2 607 5117 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: aflores@pi.ac.ae Research Interests: Manufacturing Processes and Technologies, Computer Aided Design, and Computer Aided Manufacturing

Ms. Margie Abedejos Admin Assistant Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3007 Phone: +971 2 607 5362 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: mabedejos@pi.ac.ae

Mr. Ruben M. Calma Jr. Admin Assistant Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3005 Phone: +971 2 607 5159 Fax: +971 2 607 5154 Email: rcalma@pi.ac.ae